Jinx
June 26, 2023, 11:24pm
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My teen son is always coming up with good baseball questions, He asks, if a batter has a hitting streak going but then has to go on the IL, when he returns and has more hits, does that count as all part of the same hitting streak?
As I understand it, it’s games you appeared in. So sitting out a game, going on IL, or the season ending doesn’t break the streak.
That appears to be correct. A game in which the player doesn’t make an appearance doesn’t break the streak. As per Wikipedia (bolding mine):
In baseball , a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit . According to the Official Baseball Rules , such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.
In baseball, a hitting streak is the number of consecutive official games in which a player appears and gets at least one base hit. According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is not necessarily ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits. A streak shall not be terminated if all official plate appearances result in a base on balls, hit by pitch, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit.
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